A gambit is a type of chess opening move in which one of the pieces is sacrificed in order to achieve a better position.

Gambit may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film

Television

Music

Other

  • Gambit (Marvel Comics), a fictional comic book superhero and member of the X-Men in the Marvel Universe
  • Gambit (novel), a 1962 Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout
  • Gambit system, a party control system implemented in the Final Fantasy XII and Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings video game

Technology

  • Gambit (forum), a non-profit gambling industry organisation
  • Gambit (Scheme implementation), an implementation of the Scheme programming language
  • KH-7 Gambit, a reconnaissance satellite used by the United States from July 1963 to June 1967
  • KH-8 Gambit 3, a long-lived series of reconnaissance satellites used by the United States from July 1966 to April 1984

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